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showdown

A Markdown to HTML converter written in Javascript

v2.1.0, 21 Apr 2022MITCommonJSTypes: NoneMarkdownParsers and serialisers
$ npm install showdown

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
1m
+26% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
4 years ago
v2.1.0
GitHub stars
14.9k
1.6k forks
Open issues / PRs
215 / 17
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
241

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0500k1m1.5m2mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 1.7m (10 Mar 2026)Low 520.9k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

1,028,856 downloads last week, 4,912,035 in the last month. The 12-month change of +26% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
059 in total
Latest version
2.1.0, 21 Apr 20224 years ago
First published
12 Apr 2011
Last push to GitHub
21 Sept 20264 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
215
Open pull requests
17
Commits, last 52 weeks
241
Dependents on npm
1,328

Major versions

  1. v2 first release 2.0.0, 16 Feb 2022
  2. v1 first release 1.0.0, 27 May 2015
  3. v0 first release 0.0.1, 12 Apr 2011

Recent releases

VersionPublished
2.1.021 Apr 2022
2.0.421 Apr 2022
2.0.38 Mar 2022
2.0.23 Mar 2022
2.0.11 Mar 2022
2.0.016 Feb 2022
1.9.12 Nov 2019
1.9.010 Nov 2018
1.8.716 Oct 2018
1.8.622 Dec 2017
1.8.510 Dec 2017
1.8.45 Dec 2017
1.8.328 Nov 2017
1.8.211 Nov 2017
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
782 kB
Dependencies (1)
commander
npm install showdown

CDN

jsDelivr: 8.1m requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/showdown@2.1.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/showdown@2.1.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/showdown@2.1.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
turndown6.8m-5 months agoESM + CommonJSturndown vs showdown
remove-markdown805k-24 days agoESM + CommonJS-
markdown-loader68.5k-4 years agoESM + CommonJS-
fenceparser11.5k-4 years agoESM + CommonJS-
html-to-md19.3k-1 year agoCommonJS-
rehype-attr748.2k-6 months agoESM only-
markdown-to-slack-blocks18.6k-3 months agoESM + CommonJS-
@textlint/textlint-plugin-markdown191k-1 month agoCommonJS-

Related

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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